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Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

In research, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,836 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,526 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,420
of 28,054 · #12,868 all time
Rank in South Korea
#156
of 417
Research works
2.5k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Kangbuk Samsung Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,836 of 11,982 16.5%416 #3869
MedicineField #2,526 of 10,443 16.4%387 #3528

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kangbuk Samsung Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Kangbuk Samsung Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 25.1 works8.9×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.8 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 387 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jong‐Young Lee, Chong Il Sohn and Young Chul Shin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kangbuk Samsung Hospital.

  1. 1 Jong‐Young Lee South Korea · #170,533 worldwide 145 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Chong Il Sohn South Korea · #181,481 worldwide 131 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Young Chul Shin South Korea · #627,086 worldwide 31 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Kyu‐Beck Lee South Korea · #646,537 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Joon Mo Kim South Korea · #695,248 worldwide 42 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mi Yeon Lee South Korea · #725,750 worldwide 37 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Chul Young Choi South Korea · #764,845 worldwide 46 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Seong Yong Lim South Korea · #810,100 worldwide 46 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Hyang Kim South Korea · #895,566 worldwide 70 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Joong Kyong Ahn South Korea · #966,089 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Epidemiology, Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Chemotherapy and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology57▲ 2.8×101 topics
  2. Inflammation51▲ 4.7×67 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 8.0×32 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome36▲ 8.3×21 topics
  5. Obesity25▲ 6.4×22 topics
  6. Risk Factors22▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Chemotherapy21▲ 5.8×20 topics
  8. Quality of Life21▲ 2.8×37 topics
  9. Treatment20▲ 3.2×38 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance20▲ 8.6×10 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.3×41 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 6.4×14 topics
  13. Diagnosis17▲ 3.5×31 topics
  14. Diabetes16▲ 6.3×18 topics
  15. Global Burden16▲ 5.5×10 topics
  16. Atherosclerosis15▲ 10×10 topics
  17. Management15▲ 3.6×25 topics
  18. Hypertension15▲ 9.7×12 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders13▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Prognosis13▲ 7.6×9 topics
  21. Complications12▲ 4.7×15 topics
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma12▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Radiotherapy12▲ 5.9×13 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Mortality12▲ 3.8×11 topics
  26. Guidelines11▲ 4.6×11 topics
  27. Survival Analysis11▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Hepatic Steatosis11▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 8.2×7 topics
  30. Breast Cancer10▲ 7.9×10 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.3×9 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Cholesterol9▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging9▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Events9▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease9▲ 14×3 topics
  37. NAFLD9▲ 14×1 topic
  38. NASH9▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Cancer Risk8▲ 7.3×9 topics
  40. Glucose Metabolism8▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Kangbuk Samsung Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Health and Wellbeing Research.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …9Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…6Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …6Nutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…5Health and Wellbeing Research: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 4 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 4 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…4Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 9 works
  2. 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  4. 4 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kangbuk Samsung Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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